Text files blanked - Page 2

sirbruce · 05-16-2009, 02:41 PM

The video shows you using "View" from Calibre post-conversion, which I'm not convinced is pointing to your SD card rather than the file you just saved to C:\ drive. I think you're right; I'm just asking you to check.

Halk · 05-16-2009, 02:52 PM

I have checked. Read post 1, 6, 8, 12, 13, 15.

In each of those posts I have checked to see if anthing appears. Nothing has sent to my hard drives at any point.

In each occasion there is only one single instance of the text file, which is fine before I attempt to save to a volume (100% NOT the SD card), however for some reason Calibre does not save to the location on the volume specified, instead it attempts to copy a file on top of itself, resuling in a 0KB txt file.

From the video I made you can clearly see that I'm trying to read the file from the SD card. It's a test file that I made and put onto the SD card prior to starting Calibre. If Calibre reads the text file from the SD card successfully (the file does not exist elsewhere) at the start of the video, and I do not change where Calibre is looking then it cannot be reading it from anywhere else since I've not changed Calibre's view.

I have as I have said, on each occasion checked the volume I sent the file to. Every single time nothing has been there. I've even watched the directory and nothing appears during the process.

The only explanation is that Calibre is overwriting the file, the Calibre devs have confirmed that Calibre will do one read and one write. If the file is erased then the write has to have been to the original location of the file.

sirbruce · 05-16-2009, 03:13 PM

I've read all your posts. The purpose of your video was to illuminate, and it did that very well, and I 99.9% believe you except for the ONE THING which was not clear in the video, which now you're refusing to check. It's no skin off my nose; I was just trying to help.

I am not familiar enough with Calibre's code to know whether or no the default "view" might get switched from one location to another after a save to disk, particularly one done from the SD card.

Halk · 05-16-2009, 03:18 PM

I'm not refusing to check. I've checked a pile of times.... I can't check it any more!

sirbruce · 05-16-2009, 03:56 PM

I think we're miscommunicating. I'm asking you to check OUTSIDE of Calibre; not using "view" but going and double-clicking on the J: drive (according to the video, previously you said E:).

Halk · 05-16-2009, 06:36 PM

Well, it's some sort of misunderstanding

I have checked both the C: drive (to see if Calibre put anything there, as it should have, result is always negative) and the SD drive. I've checked the SD card in a card reader, on the Cybook itself, and on the Cybook connected to the PC. The file size is changed to 0KB for all the files in explorer, and a blank page on the Cybook.

I'm not just checking through Calibre, in fact the only time I used Calibre to check if the file was gone was in the video to keep things simple.

JGB · 05-18-2009, 01:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Halk

Not directly backups as such.

I have everything on it in various places across my hard drives - I've just redid my PC storage, and I now have a single 2.7TB volume, with everything that was on roughly a dozen drives collected together. So everything is there somewhere.

What was on the Cybook was basically books that I'd bought, free books, and some fanfic that I'd had on my hard drive and various other things that I'd just thrown onto the Cybook over time. So while I don't have an exact backup of the stuff, I do have it all somewhere. The collection of stuff on it wasn't exactly organised or particularly formatted or anything either, so nothing of value has been lost.

I needed to start from scratch anyway, and only put on books that were in a good state.

to find stuff have you tried Everything by Voidtools? Fantastic program, reminds me a bit of caliber(innovative, simple, small size, very fast at what it does)

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05-16-2009, 02:41 PM	#16
sirbruce Provocateur Posts: 1,859 Karma: 505847 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Columbus, OH Device: Kindle Touch, Kindle 2, Kindle DX, iPhone 3GS	The video shows you using "View" from Calibre post-conversion, which I'm not convinced is pointing to your SD card rather than the file you just saved to C:\ drive. I think you're right; I'm just asking you to check.

05-16-2009, 02:52 PM	#17
Halk Fanatic Posts: 538 Karma: 469999 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Sony PRS-650 (PRS+ alpha - thanks Kartu!)	I have checked. Read post 1, 6, 8, 12, 13, 15. In each of those posts I have checked to see if anthing appears. Nothing has sent to my hard drives at any point. In each occasion there is only one single instance of the text file, which is fine before I attempt to save to a volume (100% NOT the SD card), however for some reason Calibre does not save to the location on the volume specified, instead it attempts to copy a file on top of itself, resuling in a 0KB txt file. From the video I made you can clearly see that I'm trying to read the file from the SD card. It's a test file that I made and put onto the SD card prior to starting Calibre. If Calibre reads the text file from the SD card successfully (the file does not exist elsewhere) at the start of the video, and I do not change where Calibre is looking then it cannot be reading it from anywhere else since I've not changed Calibre's view. I have as I have said, on each occasion checked the volume I sent the file to. Every single time nothing has been there. I've even watched the directory and nothing appears during the process. The only explanation is that Calibre is overwriting the file, the Calibre devs have confirmed that Calibre will do one read and one write. If the file is erased then the write has to have been to the original location of the file.

05-16-2009, 03:13 PM	#18
sirbruce Provocateur Posts: 1,859 Karma: 505847 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Columbus, OH Device: Kindle Touch, Kindle 2, Kindle DX, iPhone 3GS	I've read all your posts. The purpose of your video was to illuminate, and it did that very well, and I 99.9% believe you except for the ONE THING which was not clear in the video, which now you're refusing to check. It's no skin off my nose; I was just trying to help. I am not familiar enough with Calibre's code to know whether or no the default "view" might get switched from one location to another after a save to disk, particularly one done from the SD card.

05-16-2009, 03:18 PM	#19
Halk Fanatic Posts: 538 Karma: 469999 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Sony PRS-650 (PRS+ alpha - thanks Kartu!)	I'm not refusing to check. I've checked a pile of times.... I can't check it any more!

05-16-2009, 03:56 PM	#20
sirbruce Provocateur Posts: 1,859 Karma: 505847 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Columbus, OH Device: Kindle Touch, Kindle 2, Kindle DX, iPhone 3GS	I think we're miscommunicating. I'm asking you to check OUTSIDE of Calibre; not using "view" but going and double-clicking on the J: drive (according to the video, previously you said E:).

05-16-2009, 06:36 PM	#21
Halk Fanatic Posts: 538 Karma: 469999 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Sony PRS-650 (PRS+ alpha - thanks Kartu!)	Well, it's some sort of misunderstanding I have checked both the C: drive (to see if Calibre put anything there, as it should have, result is always negative) and the SD drive. I've checked the SD card in a card reader, on the Cybook itself, and on the Cybook connected to the PC. The file size is changed to 0KB for all the files in explorer, and a blank page on the Cybook. I'm not just checking through Calibre, in fact the only time I used Calibre to check if the file was gone was in the video to keep things simple.

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